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Pride, Practice, Determination Describes The Presidents
Each individual that participated in an athletic event displayed great sportsmanship and immense enthu-siasm. Although some teams ended the season with disappointment, others concluded with great fanfare. Games were won by close margins and high ranked teams fell prey to our players, combining for an exciting
and enjoyable year. In sports, the Presidents showed that they’re “Still the One” to lead the way in interscholastic play.
CLOCKWISE: Confronted with trouble, Wayne Prince longs to hear the bell. Preparing to hand off to John Creekmore, Carlton Nelson out guesses the Hornet defense. Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the ball, Desmond High gets into position. Watching from the sideline, Charles Wright waits to go onto the field.
Bert Thomas and company on the tackle.
Nelson and Brown practice the snap.
Front Row: Danny Burgess, Micheal Mills, Tyrone Monroe, William Rascoe, Morris Brown, Buddy Sumner, James Cary, Conrad Vaughan, Micheal James. Second Row: Coach Bisese, Fernandaz Scott, Bert Thomas, James Corbett, Edward Mills, Wayne Wilson, Harry Tew, Ronald Fields, Wade Shephard, Eric Wells, Kenny Rogers, Coach Yates. Third Row: Sam Lawrence, Tony Burgess, Melvin Jones, Terry Parker, Poochie Landy, Peter Schmidt, John Creekmore, Carlton Nelson, Lemmy Quidgeon, Joe Goosby, Jerry Parker. Back Row: Anthony Wright, Willie Watson, Steve Cashwell, Curtis Franklin, Mandele Jackson, Reginald Riddick.
After a winless season last year, the Presidents re-turned to the winning column after rolling to a 14-0 victory over Manor. The win broke a 12-game loosing streak and lifted spirits high throughout the season. The main highlight of the season came at Homecoming when Wilson triumphed over Deep Creek 32-8. Although Deep Creek scored the first eight points, Wilson rallied to score a season high of 32. Wilson was a participant in the Turkey Bowl. However, they were defeated by Great Bridge 20-0. Bert Thomas won the award as the ‘Best Defensive Player’ of the game. Although the Presidents ended up with a 2-6-1 record, the defense was dominating and became the second best defense in the Southeastern District.
Willie Watson is pleased with his TD.
Jerone Heath celebrates his TD with teammate Morris Brown.
Carlton Nelson looks for a receiver.
Curtis Franklin hands off to Fernandaz Scott.
Buddy Sumner attempts the extra point.
Captains Joe and Jerry wishes a fair game.
VARSITY RECORD 2-6-1
J.V. RECORD 6-1
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Western Branch
Churchland
Manor
Norcom
Deep Creek
Oscar Smith
Indian River
Cradock
Great Bridge
0
14
14
7
32
7
6
7
0
30
16
0
14
8
35
6
27
20
0
12
26
20
30
28
20
Churchland
Great Bridge
Manor
Cradock
Deep Creek
Norcom
Oscar Smith
8
0
0
0
0
6
0
Defense Leads to Success.
Front Row: Leo Scott, Otis Baskerville, Anthony ee Al Tones Daryl Thomas, William Blow, Jeremiah Farrow, Carlton Thomas, Reginald Banks. Second Row: William Collins, Mike Bolen, Greg Caine, Terry Cross, Joe Johnson, Wayne Hodge, Roderick Jordan, William Black, Meil Brown. Third Row: Glen Pizzanello, William Maye, Melvin Ellis, Daniel Cherry, Charles Daniels, Clif Gainey, Roderick Cotton, James Somerville, Kenneth Jenkins, Bruce Joyner. Back Row: Roland Elliott, Emmit Hobbs, Ricky Watson, Kelvin Jordan, James Smith, Darly Banks, Todd Smith, Darryl Martin, Oliver Cox.
Displaying the best defensive effort in Junior Varsity
Football, the Vice-Presidents shut out their opponents in five games. The team allowed only six points to be scored on them after suffering a loss in their first game. Losing to Churchland 8-0, they bounced back to win all of their remaining games, falling only one short of claiming the JV Football crown. The team, 6-1 for the season, was aided by the assistence of newcomer Darnell Moore. Coach Sherrill, in his second year with the Junior Varsity Squad, turned each year into a winning season.
Under hot pursuit, Terry Cross heads for safety.
After intimidating the punter, the defense moves in to block a kick.
Goldblatt Recipient Of Special Award
The 1977 baseball team’s season record was 4- 5 in the conference and 6-8 overall. The team fell short of their goal of 5-4 by losing three games by margins of one run. Although the team did not have a winning season, they were respected by the other teams as worthy opponents. Adam Goldblatt, the team’s number one pitcher made the All Metro team and received the Doug Whitley Award, Lemmy Quidgeon was presented the fs
Golden Glove Award.
After connecting with the ball, Lemmy Quidgeon heads for first base.
A new bat draws the attention of Adam Goldblatt and Glen Pizzanello.
FRONT ROW: James Vann,Terry Guyot (scorekeeper), Ronald Dutton, Steve Hedgepeth. SECOND ROW: Coach /Prince, Peter Schmidt, Glen Pizzanello, Adam Goldblatt, Brian Kodman, John Ashcroft, Richard Coley. BACK ROW: Lemmy Quidgeon, Buddy Sumner, Brian Collins, Duke Rollins.
Keeping a watchful eye on the ball, Carlton Nelson prepares to swing.
Anxiously awaiting his turn at bat, Glenn Evans appears to be in deep thought.
Track Teams Show Desire To Excel
Performing with great personnel, the girls and boys track team showed that they had the desire to excel. Practicing for perfection and good technique, the teams improved continuously throughout the season. One improvement was the record breaking performance by the boys 880 Yd. Relay team. (Sheppard, Brown, Swinson, Heath). The girls 440 relay team was very impressive also. (Boone, Gee, Ricks, Rooks).
With a relatively small team, the girls were consistant and had a great sense of togetherness.
The boys were relatively large and showed great leadership as a whole. Times decreased nearly every meet.
The teams had a slow start, but later on inthe season victories came consecutively against Churchland and Cradock for both teams. The girls were coached by Sue
Beazley and the boys, Don Mollenhauer. Both teams went 2-5 for the year. Andre Watson and Stanley Hall represented the boys team in the Regionals, and the girls were represented by Jackie Rooks.
Jerry Parker shows good technique as he jumps the hurdle.
L TO R ROW 1: Terry Parker, Wade Sheppard, Stanley Hall, Jerry Boykins, Andre Watson, Marvin Williams. ROW 2: Walter Harris,
Jerry Parker, Eric Swinson, Curtis Franklin, William Penny, Percy Martin, Kenny Rogers, Ben Riddick. ROW 3: Jerome Heath,
Chuckie Higgins, Ed Brown, Bert Thomas, Thomas Thorpe, Morris Brown, Preston Fowler, Ronald Fields, Coach Mollenhauer.
Stanley Hall does it his way.
FRONT ROW: Wilma Ricks, Althea Council, Carol Gee. BACK ROW: Katherine Woods, Jackie Rooks, Deborah Penny, Sue Beazley.
